Elk sighting

On our way back from NY a few weeks back, I drove the last hour while Sam slept. No sooner had he fallen asleep when I start poking him in the passenger side and telling him that there's an elk standing on the side of the road. Huge antlers and all, just sticking his big ole head out over the guard rail, out, about 6 feet up. Sam was pretty groggy, and we were going about 65, and still, by the time he sat up and got his bearings, you could still clearly see the elk along the side of the road. It was that big. Hitting one of these would be like hitting a cow. It wouldn't go flying and just leave a dent in the car. I think the car would stop. Crazy. Anyone want to see an elk? Come visit us. Apparently they can be seen a little over a mile from us up in an old strip mine at dust. We'll take you.